The Three Knocks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBACCDEEDDDFDDFCCGH HGDDIJJICCKLMKDD| WHEN the owl that scared the mouse | A |
| Fluffed his feathers and sat still | B |
| And the night around was chill | B |
| On the door of yonder house | A |
| Someone knocked | C |
| And a hand the door unlocked | C |
| While the owl aloof and drear | D |
| Yellow eyed his vigil kept | E |
| Down the breeze a crying crept | E |
| And it seemed to tell of fear | D |
| Fear and care | D |
| It was Life that entered there | D |
| When the owl had greyer grown | F |
| By a score of years and more | D |
| On the selfsame cedar door | D |
| Of yon house that stands alone | F |
| Someone knocked | C |
| And a hand the door unlocked | C |
| Yet though many gracious flowers | G |
| Wreathed the house from floor to roof | H |
| In his shadowed haunt aloof | H |
| Staring sat he through the hours | G |
| Unaware | D |
| It was Love that entered there | D |
| When the owl had passed away | I |
| And the mouse no more afraid | J |
| In the tree glooms frisked and played | J |
| On that door at end of day | I |
| Someone knocked | C |
| And a hand the door unlocked | C |
| Once and twice that knock had come | K |
| Once for Life and once for Love | L |
| Towards the night the shadows move | M |
| And the land lies still and dumb | K |
| Everywhere | D |
| It is Death that enters there | D |
Roderic Quinn
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